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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47180)10/29/2004 3:42:43 PM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
and today in history:
after 2 1/2 YEARS OF FAILURE by BUSH
Al-Jazeera to air bin Laden tape at 4 pm ET By Carolyn Pritchard
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Al-Jazeera will air a new tape of Osama bin Laden on Friday, the Arab satellite TV station said on its Web site. Bin Laden will address the American people, according to a Reuters report, discussing the reasons for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The tape will air at 4 p.m. Eastern time, Reuters reported.

So much for FEELING SAFE BY INVADING IRAQ!
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47180)10/29/2004 5:52:52 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history:29th October

1787 - Mozart's opera Don Giovanni received its first performance in Prague.

1886 - New York City office workers spontaneously "invented" the ticker-tape parade.

1923 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first President of the Republic of Turkey, a new nation founded from remnants of the Ottoman Empire.

1956 - The Suez Crisis began: Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula and pushed Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.

1998 - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented its report on Apartheid in South Africa.